Sometimes it’s the obvious things which take the longest to learn. For me, it’s learning how to walk. Not in a concrete, physical, right leg after left leg kind of way. Luckily I managed to learn how to do that with high levels of success a number of years ago. What […]
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Learning How to Walk
February 8th, 2008 · No Comments
Idiot Tax
January 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I may have paid my idiot tax today at Wal-Mart. Credit for the concept goes to Joel Sutherland. Essentially the phrase idiot tax refers to an almost guaranteed sum of money to spend monthly because you made an idiot mistake. (As opposed to what “idiot tax” turns up on Google: state run […]
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Picture Time
March 19th, 2007 · No Comments
I finally got around to uploading pictures. Cutting to the chase…
22nd Birthday: Kris Wine & Grind
Duke Game: Risers
Spring Break: Brown & The Caribbean
Enjoy :)
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Back to the Grind
March 19th, 2007 · No Comments
After an extended Spring Break filled with traveling I am back home and back in school. From Rhode Island to Jamaica I traveled well over 3432 miles by land, sea, and air. That’s about 1/7th the circumference of the world. A very neat week and a half.
Traveling down a mountain valley river […]
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The Law of Short Layovers
March 8th, 2007 · No Comments
Based on very little fact or reason I am going to propose and assert the law of very short layovers. It goes as follows: layovers which are an hour or under in length cause the probability of your first outgoing flight to be late and subsequently for annoying problems to arise. Problems […]
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Free at Last, Free at Last
March 7th, 2007 · No Comments
Phew, that was a heck of a week! Finally, 2pm Thursday my Spring Break begins with a trip up to Brown University for their PhD recruitment weekend. I’m looking forward to seeing what Providence is like and getting to know more about their Computer Science Department. I’ve heard only good things. […]
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Congratulations Rory & Katie!
March 6th, 2007 · No Comments
A new addition to the White family is being delivered this morning. Miss Ava White. I’m sure she’ll be a beautiful and lively little’n. Unbelievable to think my close friend is already a father. Thoughts and best wishes to the Whites today.
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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam vs Buddhism
March 5th, 2007 · No Comments
The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam resemble each other when compared with the teachings of Buddhism. The three monotheistic religions contain similar propositions and share many prophets but contrast each other in practices and the central prophetic figure. Buddhism, on the other hand, […]
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22 and Counting
March 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
Birthdays are times to celebrate, if you ask me. So celebration is what I did. On Wednesday, the 28th, my actual birthday I kept things low-key. Quite a nice surprise came about when I picked up my Duke tickets. I was randomly selected to have risers! So two firsts in […]
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it’s my ____ in a box…
February 20th, 2007 · No Comments
Inspired by Justin Timberlake.
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